Some students at EKU want a dorm on campus to be renamed after a gorilla who gained internet stardom after his death.The petition on change.org asks the university president to change the name of a new dorm to Harambe Hall.Harambe was the name of the 17-year-old gorilla that was shot to death by Cincinnati Zoo officials after a child jumped into his enclosure in May.The petition has about 200 signatures.

RICHMOND, Ky. —

Some students at EKU want a dorm on campus to be renamed after a gorilla who gained internet stardom after his death.

The petition on change.org asks the university president to change the name of a new dorm to Harambe Hall.

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Harambe was the name of the 17-year-old gorilla that was shot to death by Cincinnati Zoo officials after a child jumped into his enclosure in May.